Ralph E. Lerner

Google announced yesterday it will discontinue Google Reader July 1st. Guess we gotta go back to bloglines]. [Google blog]

The Cy Twombly Foundation is embroiled in lawsuits. There’s some real ugly stuff here: The foundation’s Director, Thomas H. Saliba, is accused of taking more than $300,000 in unauthorized fees with the assistance of the well known art world lawyer, Ralph E. Lerner. [NYTimes]

Ed Winkleman writes that historically significant video artists are being overlooked because of a resistant market. It’s not the first time we’ve heard this; Joe Amrhein of Pierogi told us at The Armory Fair last week that it seemed like collector resistance to the medium went up every year. Meanwhile, we see its use increasing in art schools. [Winkleman]

MoMA PS1 and MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design’s call for ideas to create a sustainable waterfront in the Rockaways closes Friday. Submit! [MoMA PS1]